rhodesia ' s regular scheduled service from victoria falls to the capital salisbury , via the resort town of kari ##ba . soon after flight 82 ##5 took off , a group of zip ##ra guerrillas scored a direct hit on its starboard wing with a soviet @ - @ made st ##rel ##a 2 surface @ - @ to @ - @ air infrared ho ##ming missile , critically damaging the aircraft and forcing an emergency landing . an attempted belly landing in a cotton field just west of ka ##roi was foil ##ed by an unseen ditch , which caused the plane to cart ##wheel and break up . of the 52 passengers and four crew , 38 died in this crash ; the insurgents then
rhodesia's regular scheduled service from victoria falls to the capital salisbury, via the resort town of kariba. soon after flight 825 took off, a group of zipra guerrillas scored a direct hit on its starboard wing with a soviet @ - @ made strela 2 surface @ - @ to @ - @ air infrared homing missile, critically damaging the aircraft and forcing an emergency landing. an attempted belly landing in a cotton field just west of karoi was foiled by an unseen ditch, which caused the plane to cartwheel and break up. of the 52 passengers and four crew, 38 died in this crash ; the insurgents then